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What type of competitive info do I get?
You receive product prices, product availability, product assortment, information on promotions and sales, insights on pricing opportunities, and more. The system automatically detects the addition and removal of products on your Web site and your competitors’ Web sites.
Who typically uses this tool?
The Upstream Commerce tool is most commonly used by pricing, merchandising, and e-commerce managers. Buyers, product marketing managers, and product specialists also find the tool extremely useful, as do business owners and other executives.
How many products can I track?
There is no real limit on the number of products you can track. Typically, you track all the products on your Web site. We have customers with large Web sites, who track hundreds of thousands of products. Our system can even handle millions of products.
How many competitors can I track?
There is no hard limit on the number of competitors the tool can handle, but our customers typically track 5-10 competitor sites. Usually there are only a handful of key competitors that retailers really need to focus on to compete effectively, but our tool can track as many competitor sites as necessary.
How easy is it to get started?
Very easy! There's no installation or setup required by you. Just tell us which competitors you want to track and we take care of the rest. Once we notify you that everything is ready, just log in and start tracking your competitors.
How does the tool match products?
Upstream Commerce matches your products with your competitors' products by analyzing all publicly available information on the Web sites. Our powerful matching engine knows how to makes sense of all this information, producing very accurate apples-to-apples matches.